GIFT (Growing In Faith

Together) is our Parish model for

life-long intergenerational faith

formation, centered around

opportunities to learn about, share

and experience our faith in the

company of all parishioners from

the newly baptized to our most

mature members, leading us to an

ever deeper relationship with God

and each other. Due to our

generous parish community, GIFT

is free and welcomes all. Join us

as we explore and grow in faith -

together!

CONTACT US

Father James Davis: (201) 637-2110

Deacon Larry Steiger (518)-312-0823

Parish Office: (518) 895-2788

(Monday - Friday 9:00am -12:00pm, or leave a message anytime)

1735 Alexander Road

P.O. Box 219 Delanson, New York 12053

E-Mail: olfdelanson@nycap.rr.com

Parish Website: olfdelanson@rcda.org

www.olfgrowinginfaith.weebly.com

www.facebook.com/olfdelanson

MyParish App�

Mass Schedule:

Our Lady of Fatima

Delanson

Saturday Vigil – 4:00 pm

Sunday – 11:00 am

Weekday: 9am Thursday

Our Lady of the Valley

Middleburgh:

Our Linked Parish

Saturday Vigil – 5:45 pm

Sunday – 9:00 am

Phone (518) 702-4385

Parish Sacramental Information

Sacraments of Healing

Reconciliation

· 3pm Saturday and by appointment

Anointing of the Sick

Visitation of the Sick and Homebound

· Available by appointment.

Sacraments of Initiation

Congratulations as you continue your initiation. These three

sacraments provide the foundation for a life of Christian faith.

Preparation begins with forming faith. Join us for GIFT as we journey

together as a parish family.

�� Baptism is available for any age

�� Eucharist candidates must be at least age 7 by Shrove Tuesday

and be participating in ongoing GIFT gatherings.

�� Confirmation candidates must be at least age 15 by April 1st.

Sacraments of Commitment

Marriage - Congratulations on your engagement! Please contact the

Parish Office as soon as you are engaged, to allow us to help you plan

to live out the Sacrament of Marriage that will begin on your wedding

day.

Religious Life - Congratulations as you begin your discernment

process. Please contact the Parish Office or view the resources on the

diocesan website at rcda.org for more information.�

Welcome

No matter your present status in the Catholic Church.

No matter your current family or marital situation.

No matter your past or present religious affiliation.

No matter your personal history, age, background or ethnicity.

No matter your own self-image or esteem.

You are invited, welcomed, accepted, loved and respected,

in our faith community.

Welcome to Our Lady of Fatima!

April 26th, 2020

Third Sunday of Easter

ALL ARE WELCOME!

CATHOLIC COMMUNITY OF

OUR LADY OF FATIMA

Sacrificial Giving�

4/14/2020 � 4/20/2020�

Actual: $1,844 Budget: $3,271�

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Thank you for your continued support!�

Mass Intentions �

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All Mass intentions will be rescheduled as soon as

Masses can be celebrated �

Please pray for all who are sick, including: �

Stephanie Merenda, Ron Frisbee, Cody Stephenson,

Michael Fisher, Thelma Corbett, Ken Chrinian, Sue

Hamilton, Henrietta Babbie, Robin Bunnell, David

Nedelski, John Miller, George Tallman, Paul Reveal

and Al Westfall �

Please pray for our home�bound: Bella Stuar t, Char lotte

Marks, Maureen Farnum, Belva Thompson, Bea Crounse,

Lorraine Duffy and Carolyn Terrell�

Prayer Ministry prays for anyone in need of prayer . You can

request prayers or join in this ministry. Call James Keller at (518)

295�7970 or email him at jamesakeller@msn.com. From our lips

to God’s ear. Give your concerns to God and join your parish

family in faith and love.�

Visitation Ministry visits the sick or homebound. Contact

Carole Hoffmann at (518) 875�6575 for any services or to receive

the Sacrament of the Sick.�

Background on the Gospel Reading�

On most Sundays during the Easter season in Cycle A, our

Gospel is taken from the Gospel of John. This week’s

Gospel, however, is taken from the Gospel of Luke. As in

last week’s Gospel, today’s Gospel shows us how the first

community of disciples came to believe that Jesus had risen

from the dead. In these stories we gain insight into how the

community of the Church came to be formed.�

When we read today’s Gospel, we may be surprised to learn

that these friends of Jesus could walk and converse with

him at some length yet not recognize him. Again we

discover that the risen Jesus is not always easily

recognized. Cleopas and the other disciple walk with a

person whom they believe to be a stranger; only later do

they discover that the stranger is Jesus. We learn that the

first community met and recognized Jesus in the breaking

of the bread, just as we meet Jesus in the Eucharist.�

We can imagine the feelings of the two disciples in today’s

reading. They are leaving their community in Jerusalem.

Their friend Jesus has been crucified. Their hope is gone.

They are trying to make sense of what has occurred, so that

they can put the experience behind them.�

Jesus himself approaches the two men, but they take him

for a stranger. Jesus asks them what they are discussing. He

invites them to share their experience and interpretation of

the events surrounding his crucifixion and death. When the

two disciples have done so, Jesus offers his own

interpretation of his crucifixion and resurrection, citing

Jewish Scripture. In that encounter we find the model for

our Liturgy of the Word�what we do each time we gather

as a community for the Eucharist. We reflect upon our life

experiences and interpret them in light of Scripture. We

gather together to break open the Word of God.�

In the next part of the story, we find a model for our

Liturgy of the Eucharist. The disciples invite the stranger

(Jesus) to stay with them. During the meal in which they

share in the breaking of the bread, the disciples’ eyes are

opened; they recognize the stranger as Jesus. In the

Eucharist too we share in the breaking of the bread and

discover Jesus in our midst. Just as the disciples returned to

Jerusalem to recount their experience to the other disciples,

we too are sent from our Eucharistic gathering. Our

experience of Jesus in the Eucharist compels us to share the

story with others.�

Third Sunday of Easter�

First Reading�

Acts 2:14,22�33�

Peter and the apostles announce that Jesus has been raised

from the dead.�

Second Reading�

1 Peter 1:17�21�

You were saved by Christ’s sacrifice.�

Gospel Reading�

Luke 24:13�35�

Jesus appears to two disciples who are walking to Emmaus.�

Food Pantry Donations�

We appreciate your donations but we are NOT in need of any peanut

butter or macaroni and cheese�

However we are in need of the following items:�

�� Canned peas�

�� Canned cannellini beans�

�� Canned Black beans �

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Thank you for your help!�

Lemon Bars�

For the Crust:�

10�tablespoons�butter �

(room temperature)�

1 1/4�cups�flour�

1/2�cup�+ 2 tablespoons powdered�

sugar�

1/4�teaspoon�salt�

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Instructions�

For the Crust:�

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and lightly grease a 9x9 inch pan.�

Mix the flour, powdered sugar, and salt together. Cut the butter

into the mix until crumbly and then press into the bottom of the

pan.�

Bake for 15�18 minutes until lightly golden. Meanwhile, make the

filling.�

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For the Filling:�

Whisk all the filling ingredients together until combined.�

Pour over the cooked crust and place back in the oven for 17�20

minutes until filling is set.�

Cool completely, dust with powdered sugar, cut into squares.�

For the Filling:�

3�large eggs�, room temperature�

1�cup�granulated sugar�

3�tablespoons�flour�

1�tablespoon�lemon zest�

1/3�cup�lemon juice�(about 2 lemons)�

1/2�teaspoon�baking powder�

Sacramental Minister & Acting Administrator �

Father James Davis � (201) 637-2110

Pastoral Associate Administrator �

Deacon Larry Steiger (518)-312-0823 �

Music Director �

Carol Wilber cwilber78@midtel.net�

Parish Office�

Carol Caban olfdelanson@nycap.rr.com�

Tiffany Sinatra �

Faith Formation �

Sena Monaco sena.monaco@gmail.com �

Sacramental Preparation �

Laura Countryman olfsacraments@gmail.com�

Maintenance�

George Tallman�

If you would like to try a new ministry, give the ministry

coordinator a call. New members are always welcome and

needed!�

Parish Staff�

Our Lady of Fatima Ministries�

Due to stage 2 restrictions currently in

place, GIFT is canceling the gathering

scheduled for May 2

nd

. Also, the Easter

Egg hunt has been postponed. Please

check future bulletins for Easter Egg

updates!�

GIFT has created a special page on the

olfgrowinginfaith.weebly.com website that includes schedules for

local live�streamed masses, activities for families, music and

blogs for prayer and reflections during this pandemic. There will

be changes to the website every Monday each week so I encour-

age all to check the website. Please take note of the website

change: �

http://olfgrowinginfaith.weebly.com/living�faith�during�covid���

19.html�

Be safe and have a blessed week! Sena�

Eucharistic Ministers:�

Greeters:�

Lectors:�

Counters:�

Carole Hoffmann 875�6575�

Mary Ann Conway 895�2797�

Helene Langan 295�7304�

Kris Zedaker 864�7491�

Growing In Faith Together

The Easter season is a time for rejoicing that Our Lord has

shattered the bonds of death through his Resurrection. We

celebrate his victory because it is our victory as well. He didn’t

just shatter the bonds of death for himself, but for all of us.�

St. Peter in today’s First Reading proclaims to the astounded

crowds at Pentecost that it was impossible for Christ to be held by

the throes of death.�

�� Peter makes allusion to David because he is convincing his

listeners through giving witness to Christ’s Resurrection that Our

Lord is the Messiah. The real conquest of the Messiah is death.�

�� to Mary: “He will be great, and will be called the Son of the

Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his

father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever;

and of his kingdom there will be no end” (Luke 1:32�33).�

�� �“God raised him up, releasing him from the throes of death.”�

�� Peter quotes Psalm 16 and attributes it to David (as the

Psalms traditionally are) as a prophecy that David knew death

would be conquered for him too, through his descendant who

would reign forever.�

In today’s Second Reading St. Peter reminds us that Our Lord’s

blood paid the ransom for our life as well. Through his death and

Resurrection, the chains of our slavery have been shattered.�

In today’s Gospel Our Lord helps two of his disciples on the road

to Emmaus to see that their hopes were misplaced because they

didn’t factor in the Resurrection properly.�

�� The clincher was when he revealed who he was to them.

They only saw a glimpse of him before he vanished, but that was

enough.�

�� They ran back to their buddies to share the news and found

out they’d had a visit too.�

�� The most�practical application�of this

fundamental Christian truth has to do with how

Christians�react to tragedy and suffering.�

�� We know that God can bring�good�even out of

the�greatest�evils, just as he brought�salvation�and

the�Resurrection�out of the horrible failure of the�Crucifixion.�

�� As a result, we have�strength�to weather�any�storm that

comes our way.�

It means an�ongoing effort�to grow in our�prayer�and

sacramental life.�

�� And it means an�ongoing effort�to�be like Christ�in our own

lives � in the excellence of our�work, the dependability of

our�character, and the self�sacrificing faithfulness of

our�relationships.�

�� This is how we�stay close to Christ, our faithful

companion, who is leading us to a share in his eternal victory.�

Fr. Jim�

Saint of the Day

�

Saint Pedro de San José

Betancur�

�

Central America claimed its first saint

with the canonization of Pedro de San

José Betancur. Known as the “Saint

Francis of the Americas,” Pedro de

Betancur is the first saint to have worked

and died in Guatemala.�

Pedro very much wanted to become a

priest, but God had other plans for the young man born into a poor

family on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Pedro was a shepherd until

age 24, when he began to make his way to Guatemala, hoping to

connect with a relative engaged in government service there. By the

time he reached Havana, he was out of money. After working there

to earn more, he got to Guatemala City the following year. When he

arrived, he was so destitute that he joined the breadline that the

Franciscans had established.�

Soon, Pedro enrolled in the local Jesuit college in hopes of studying

for the priesthood. No matter how hard he tried, however, he could

not master the material; he withdrew from school. In 1655, he joined

the Secular Franciscan Order. Three years later, he opened a hospital

for the convalescent poor; a shelter for the homeless, and a school for

the poor soon followed. Not wanting to neglect the rich of Guatemala

City, Pedro began walking through their part of town ringing a bell

and inviting them to repent.�

Other men came to share in Pedro’s work. Out of this group came the

Bethlehemite Congregation, which won papal approval after Pedro’s

death. A Bethlehemite sisters’ community, similarly founded after

Pedro’s death, was inspired by his life of prayer and compassion.�

He is sometimes credited with originating the Christmas Eve posadas

procession in which people representing Mary and Joseph seek a

night’s lodging from their neighbors. The custom soon spread to

Mexico and other Central American countries.�

Pedro died in 1667, and was canonized by Pope John Paul II in

Guatemala City on July 30, 2002.�

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